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Related: About this forumAn ID if you will. Unlabelled at our arboretum.
I usually love photographing seed pods, but this one repulses me on some level. I guess the spikes remind me of what you see on flies.
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An ID if you will. Unlabelled at our arboretum. (Original Post)
alfredo
Nov 2015
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NRaleighLiberal
(60,500 posts)1. looks like Narrow Leaf Cotton Bush
https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/declared-plants/narrow-leaf-cotton-bush-declared-pest
I google searched "pale green round seed pods with spines"!
I google searched "pale green round seed pods with spines"!
alfredo
(60,135 posts)4. thank you. I just didn't use the correct search terms.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)2. Don't fall asleep next to it.
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XemaSab
(60,212 posts)5. Some kind of asclepias?
alfredo
(60,135 posts)6. Ok, so it is probably related to the cotton bush mentioned above.
I used to eat milkweed when I was a younger lad. I had to boil it several times, changing the water to get rid of the latex. It is very high in Vit A.